Local News

News Release
FCC

Regina, Saskatchewan, March 15, 2007 – Rural community groups may apply for capital project funding from Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) $500,000 AgriSpirit Fund starting May 1.
The FCC AgriSpirit Fund helps fund community enhancement projects across Canada, including emergency services equipment, playgrounds, museums, community markets, recreation centres and community halls.

News Release
MoH

Attention News/Health TORONTO, March 16 /CNW/ - Minister of Health Promotion Jim Watson today announced that the McGuinty government has invested in the immediate distribution of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to 11,000 participants in the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s (CAMH) Smoking Treatment for Ontario Patients (STOP) Study.

News Release
CU Central

TORONTO, ONTARIO and VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA—(CCNMatthews - March 19, 2007) - Credit Union Central of British Columbia and Credit Union Central of Ontario are making progress on their plans to merge to create a new entity to serve credit unions across the country.

News Release
Riverside Health Care

In March 1981, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. established a Quarter Century Club to honour employees of the corporation and auxiliary members with 5 years or mor of service. In 2001, physicians who have had 25 or more years with hospital privileges at Riverside were included in eh Quarter Century Club.

By Ken Johnston
Editor
Last year’s “B” Event champions tuned their game up a bit this year and set their sites on the brass ring at the annual Rainy River mixed bonspiel over the weekend.
Davy Armstrong’s Rainy River rink won the second event last year but made it to the “A” Event this year against another local rink; Tim Nordin and company.

Submitted by
Hal Wilhite

A new program called Strengthening Families for the Future Program begins tonight in Rainy River.
This program will provide a unique opportunity for parents/ caregivers and their children to learn how to maintain a home environment free from violence and/ or addictions. In general families will benefit by learning to have improved family relationships due to an increase in parenting and children’s life skills development.

News Release
RR Chamber of Commerce

The Rainy River Chamber of Commerce is inviting businesses and trades people to participate in a Trade Show May 4-5, 2007, at the Rainy River Rec. Centre.
The Chamber’s objective is to inform the public of all the Businesses and Services that are available to them in this area.

By Ruth Brett
Contributor

The Lake of the Woods Township Council held a Public Meeting on March 6 at Bergland to consider the engineer’s report on the Stintzi drain project 2006.
Present were Mayor Val Pizey, Councillors N. Gate, T. Sepers, C. Fadden, and J. Moen, Clerk-Treasurer P. Giles, and Roads Supt. E. Pearson. Visitors were M. Stintzi and representatives from K. Smart Engineering, who gave the report on the Stintzi Drain. There was little discussion on the report and less questions. There was some talk regarding the spring work and tenders.

News Release
RRDSSAB

The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board (RRDSSAB) is please to announce that Child Care, Family Resource Centres/OEYCs and Nursery Schools in the Rainy River District will receive funding to address Health and Safety needs.